A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.

Paramount Classics presents in association with Capitol Films, a Cruise/Wagner production, a VIP Medienfonds 3 production, an Ascendant production ; produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, Don Granger, Jonas McCord ; written for the screen and directed by Robert Towne.

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A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.

"A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California."@en